μνησιπήμων

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 20 May 2020

Etymology

From μνήσιος (mnḗsios, “of memory”) (from the root of μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “remind”)) + πῆμα (pêma, “misery”) +‎ -μων (-mōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mnɛː.si.pɛ̌ː.mɔːn/ → /mni.siˈpi.mon/ → /mni.siˈpi.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mnɛː.si.pɛ̌ː.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mne̝.siˈpe̝.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mni.siˈpi.mon/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /mni.siˈpi.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mni.siˈpi.mon/

Adjective

μνησῐπήμων • (mnēsĭpḗmōn) m or f (neuter μνησί̆πημον); second declension

1. reminding of misery

   μνησιπήμων πόνος ― mnēsipḗmōn pónos ― painful memory

   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 179–183:

     στάζει δ’ ἔν θ’ ὕπνῳ πρὸ καρδίας μνησιπήμων πόνος: καὶ παρ’ ἄκοντας ἦλθε σωφρονεῖν.
     δαιμόνων δέ που χάρις βίαιος σέλμα σεμνὸν ἡμένων.

     stázei d’ én th’ húpnōi prò kardías mnēsipḗmōn pónos: kaì par’ ákontas êlthe sōphroneîn.
     daimónōn dé pou kháris bíaios sélma semnòn hēménōn.

     Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.

     English translation recited by Robert Kennedy, 1968, while announcing the assassination of Martin Luther King.
     More translations @perseus.tufts.edu

Inflection

Third declension of μνησῐπήμων; μνησῐ́πημον (Attic)

	singular				dual				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	μνησῐπήμωνmnēsĭpḗmōn		μνησῐ́πημονmnēsĭ́pēmon		μνησῐπήμονεmnēsĭpḗmone		μνησῐπήμονεmnēsĭpḗmone		μνησῐπήμονεςmnēsĭpḗmones		μνησῐπήμονᾰmnēsĭpḗmonă
genitive	μνησῐπήμονοςmnēsĭpḗmonos		μνησῐπήμονοςmnēsĭpḗmonos		μνησῐπημόνοινmnēsĭpēmónoin		μνησῐπημόνοινmnēsĭpēmónoin		μνησῐπημόνωνmnēsĭpēmónōn		μνησῐπημόνωνmnēsĭpēmónōn
dative	μνησῐπήμονῐmnēsĭpḗmonĭ		μνησῐπήμονῐmnēsĭpḗmonĭ		μνησῐπημόνοινmnēsĭpēmónoin		μνησῐπημόνοινmnēsĭpēmónoin		μνησῐπήμοσῐ μνησῐπήμοσῐνmnēsĭpḗmosĭ(n)		μνησῐπήμοσῐ μνησῐπήμοσῐνmnēsĭpḗmosĭ(n)
accusative	μνησῐπήμονᾰmnēsĭpḗmonă		μνησῐ́πημονmnēsĭ́pēmon		μνησῐπήμονεmnēsĭpḗmone		μνησῐπήμονεmnēsĭpḗmone		μνησῐπήμονᾰςmnēsĭpḗmonăs		μνησῐπήμονᾰmnēsĭpḗmonă
vocative	μνησῐ́πημονmnēsĭ́pēmon		μνησῐ́πημονmnēsĭ́pēmon		μνησῐπήμονεmnēsĭpḗmone		μνησῐπήμονεmnēsĭpḗmone		μνησῐπήμονεςmnēsĭpḗmones		μνησῐπήμονᾰmnēsĭpḗmonă

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μνησιπήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μνησιπήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers